featherwood
n.— «Though Smith’s link to the Aryan Circle is unclear, white supremacist women are often referred to as “featherwoods.” Smith goes by the nickname “Little Feather.”» —“Suspect had possible ties to supremacist prison gang” by Elizabeth Fitch in Monroe Shreveport Times (Louisiana) Aug. 14, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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